Ending gender violence requires you to speak out

6:15 PM,
Nov. 22, 2013

Written by

Emily Harmon
Guest Opinion

"Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the security of person," states the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The declaration was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948.

We have yet to fully acknowledge this right 65 years later, but 16 days are soon approaching that advocate for the end of one human rights abuse that is severely depressing our attainment of the declaration and, of course, individual and global potential.

That abuse is violence against women. Up to 70 percent of women still experience physical and sexual violence by an intimate partner at some ...